Iron Maiden confirm they’ll record at least one more studio album… as they kick off first UK tour in seven years

British metal legends are back on the road after nearly ten years away

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By Dan Cain, Senior Showbiz Reporter

6th May 2017, 1:19 pm

Updated: 6th May 2017, 1:19 pm

HEAVY metal giants Iron Maiden revealed they have at least one more studio album left in them.

On the opening night of the UK leg of the band's Book of Souls tour, founder and bassist Steve Harris, 61, said the band would continue for as long as drummer and eldest member Nicko McBrain, 64, was capable.

Drawing heavily on latest album The Book of Souls, the 15 song set also included fan favourites Fear of the Dark, Number of the Beast and Children of the Damned.

Iconic mascot Eddie made an appearance in several guises, getting involved in scraps with guitarist Janick Gers and then frontman Bruce Dickinson, who ripped out his heart in a gloriously gruesome piece of theatre.

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The band's next stop is Dublin before criss-crossing the UK over the next few months

"We had a show the next day in Cordoba, Argentina, with the small matter of the Andes between us. The team had less than 24 hours to get many tons of equipment and about 70 people there from scratch but of course the Maiden Killer Krew managed it."